A Retail Giant Cuts Down its IT Operations Cost by 15% and Resolved Meantime by 45% with Managed Services

The client is a leading retail chain across Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with business spread across 16 countries. It has achieved the highest credit rating (BBB) among privately held corporates in the Middle East.

The company has also invested heavily in data analysis and digital capabilities as well as relevant companies and start-ups that serve multiples channels.

Business Scenario

Intertec proposed to host the entire IT physical Infrastructure at a third party datacenter. The conglomerate has various business units and had a high cost of management and difficulty to handle local support. The conglomerate was growing steadily and required a service provider to support them well for the growth both in terms of incorporating latest technology and support which was missing. Owing to these challenges, the conglomerate was looking forward to outsource the complete User side IT support to an experienced company which brings in industry standard practices skilled resources, discipline, adherence to timelines, as well as deliver services based on defined Service levels.

The management’s objective was to reduce inherent and indirect costs, leading to increased User satisfaction and Productivity which shall improve the overall user experience as well as helps to achieve the company’s vision.

Challenges

  • Services improvement
  • Cost reduction and cost transparency
  • Incorporate latest technology and automation

Existing IT Environment

  • Stores: spread across 10 countries across multiple locations
  • Servers: 900 (Windows, Hyper V, Linux)
  • Storage: 350 TB
  • IT Users: over 3500
  • Incidents & Service request: over 11000 incidents per quarter
  • Network & Security Devices: 800 devices

Solution

Managed Services model was proposed to address all these challenges and help to achieve overall User satisfaction and free up IT management to focus on Projects and strategic activities.

24X7 onsite dedicated service desk, end user and Data Center managed services:

  • Intertec host DC in a 3rd party DC and manage 24×7
  • Onsite centralized Service desk & Technical support
  • Remote monitoring for the DC
  • AMC support for Hardware & software
  • Pool of Trained & Certified Engineers to attend calls at respective locations.
  • Tools for Helpdesk, Server, Storage, Network & Security.
  • Store and field support across 100+ locations

Result

  • Reduced Total Cost of IT Operations by 15%
  • Successfully supported the rollout of 60+ new stores across 7 countries in just a span of 3 months
  • Increased Mean Time to Resolve by 45%